Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2015 6:41:58 GMT -5
Apparently there was this guy who graduated around 1850 as an optician and was wanting to set up shop somewhere. He figured he had a much better chance of making it if he went where there were no other opticians already in business. So he headed west to San Francisco thinking it was virgin territory, but discovered there were more than enough opticians there already. So he headed north to Seattle and tried there. While there weren't as many, the ones that were there were well established and things didn't look too good for the newcomer. In frustration he asked around about where he could go, and a couple of them suggested Alaska. So off he went to Anchorage. To his amazement, there were already several opticians practicing there. He was at a loss, but then one night he bumped into one of the opticians in a bar and they got to talking. The resident optician suddenly exclaimed, "Why don't you head for the Aleutian Islands?? They don't have anyone out there in your field and there are quite a few residents scattered right down the chain!" So, encouraged once again, off he went for Cold Bay to start. When he got there he found he was truly in virgin territory and the people were welcoming him with open arms. And thus, our friend became the very first ever "Optical Aleutian".
(PS - in case it doesn't sound familiar, you may know it as an "optical illusion"
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(PS - in case it doesn't sound familiar, you may know it as an "optical illusion"
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